EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC
Nesquehoning, PA
- Total releases
- 2.1M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC: how the 2.6M lbs splits
2.6M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.1M lbs 81.5%
- Land Disposal 242.7K lbs 9.3%
- Air Releases 237.6K lbs 9.1%
- Water Discharges 174 lbs <0.1%
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC's 2.6M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 81.5% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 9.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Nesquehoning, PA, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 469.8K lbs of releases across 12 chemicals in 2024, and 2.1M lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 820 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Panther Creek Power Operating LLC is pounds #25 and chemical-count #41 at 2.1M lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Westchester Plastics LLC; Kme Corp; Silberline Manufacturing Co Inc; Multi-Plastics Extrusions Inc.. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Pennsylvania: Aes Warrior Run Inc; McIntosh Electric Generating Plant; Dolet Hills Power Station; Otter Tail Power Co Big Stone Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (81.5% off-site transfers) across 14 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.1M lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Aes Warrior Run Inc and McIntosh Electric Generating Plant.
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.1M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC inside Carbon's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Panther Creek Power Operating LLC reports the 142nd-largest volume (2.1M lbs). This one site accounts for 71.6% of every pound reported in Carbon. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Aes Warrior Run Inc and McIntosh Electric Generating Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Carbon's reported pounds (3.0M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Panther Creek Power Operating LLC's total reported releases fell from 961.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 497.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Panther Creek Power Operating LLC's land releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 77.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Panther Creek Power Operating LLC's water releases fell from 57 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Panther Creek Power Operating LLC's off-site transfers fell from 875.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 342.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Panther Creek Power Operating LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.6M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 122% (211.5K lbs to 469.8K lbs).
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Panther Creek Power Operating LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 122% from 2019 to 2024). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 211.5K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 45.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 415.7K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 961.6K lbs | 12 |
| 2023 | 497.5K lbs | 12 |
| 2024 | 469.8K lbs | 12 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 3 of 15 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 965.2K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 470.5K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 272.6K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 232.8K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 182.2K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 172.1K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 93.3K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 80.3K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 65.6K lbs | - |
| Arsenic compounds | 29.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese compounds | 18.4K lbs | - |
| Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds | 13.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ammonia | 4.1K lbs | - |
| Mercury | 1.5K lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Westchester Plastics LLC, Kme Corp, Silberline Manufacturing Co Inc, ordered by distance.
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Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Aes Warrior Run Inc, McIntosh Electric Generating Plant, Dolet Hills Power Station.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Panther Creek Power Operating LLC on cumulative reported pounds (2.1M lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include Trecora Wax LLC, Minnesota Soybean Processors, Huntsman Petrochemical LLC. Chemical-count peers include Shell New Haven Terminal, Chambers Cogeneration L.P., Avantor Performance Materials. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Zinc compounds, Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); nearby reporters include Westchester Plastics LLC. Panther Creek Power Operating LLC stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Panther Creek Power Operating LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Nesquehoning, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 71.6% of Carbon TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Trecora Wax LLC (Δ 1.5K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Panther Creek Power Operating LLC stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov